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All-star lineup of speakers slated for IFK conference

By Sarah Mangiola, Associate Content Producer | Feb 18, 2014

The 9th Annual IFK will be held in Aachen, Germany, and will feature a diverse range of topics in hydraulic and pneumatic drives and control systems, as well as lectures, excursions, and cultural programs.

Aachen’s futuristic-looking Europe Hall will house IFK 2014, with a trade fair and receptions held in its foyer.

The IFK conference happens every two years, alternatively hosted by the Institute for Fluid Power Drive and Controls (IFAS) at RWTH Aachen University and the Institute of Fluid Power (IFD) at the Technical University of Dresden. In addition to being presented all in English, an important feature of this year’s event will be its Digital Fluid Power Workshop, to take place Monday, March 24. This symposium will give researchers from universities the opportunity to present their ideas to various people within the international technical community. The next two days will consist of various lectures, with a scientific poster session throughout. Details can be found at bit.ly/1g3HXRU.

IFK flags in front of the Conference Center welcome attendees to the event.

With so much to cover, four lecturers will focus on themes drawn from their own professional experience.

Head of Corporate Research and Technology at Festo AG & Co. KG, Dr. Peter Post, will present “Smart Pneumatics for Intelligent Manufacturing.”

Dr. Win Rampen, founder and Research Director of Artemis Intelligent Power Limited, will present “The Development of Digital Displacement Hydraulics for Renewable Energy Drivetrains (or Necessity is the Mother of Invention!).”

Director of Innas B.V., Dr. Peter Achten, will discuss “Innovation in The Fluid Power Industry”.

Additionally, different excursions and cultural programs will be offered to those who wish to see a bit more of the historic city. A two-day plant-tour trip will be offered March 27 and 28, with partakers visiting Veltin Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Ford Fiesta and Fusion Factory in Cologne-Niehl, and Zollverein Unesco World Heritage—the worlds’ most beautiful coal mine. Three social events will also be held: opening evening on March 24; conference banquet on March 25; and laboratory party on March 26.